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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
HONEY BEE APPRECIATION MONTH
2011
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, September is National Honey Month, the State ofNorth Carolina recognizes the
importance of the honeybee and its contribution to our agriculture and economic survival; and
WHEREAS, in the process of gathering nectar and pollen, honeybees pollinate one third of the
food crops we eat, including blueberries, peaches, apples, melons, cucumbers, squash and numerous other
vegetables; and
WHEREAS, the value ofhoney produced and sold in North Carolina exceeds $15 million each
year and the value of honeybee pollination to North Carolina crops exceeds $185 million; and
WHEREAS, honey, royal jelly, propolis and other products from the hive have been known to
possess significant healing characteristics dating back to the ancient Greeks' early practice of medicine
and continue to play important roles in research today; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina, with some 12,000 hobbyist beekeepers, has the largest number of
individual beekeepers in the nation and the all-volunteer North Carolina State Beekeepers Association is
the largest organization of its kind in the nation; and
. WHEREAS, the honeybee faces serious threats to its very survival as a result of pests, uncertain
weather and suburban growth; and
WHEREAS, in September, North Carolina celebrates both the honeybee and her industrious
keeper as we enjoy the taste of honey and benefits from other products from the hive;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State ofNorth Carolina,
do hereby proclaim September 2011, as "HONEY BEE APPRECIATION MONTH" in North Carolina
and urge all citi_zens to commend its observance.
BEVERLYEAVESPERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, r·have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this third day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and
eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
I

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
HONEY BEE APPRECIATION MONTH
2011
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, September is National Honey Month, the State ofNorth Carolina recognizes the
importance of the honeybee and its contribution to our agriculture and economic survival; and
WHEREAS, in the process of gathering nectar and pollen, honeybees pollinate one third of the
food crops we eat, including blueberries, peaches, apples, melons, cucumbers, squash and numerous other
vegetables; and
WHEREAS, the value ofhoney produced and sold in North Carolina exceeds $15 million each
year and the value of honeybee pollination to North Carolina crops exceeds $185 million; and
WHEREAS, honey, royal jelly, propolis and other products from the hive have been known to
possess significant healing characteristics dating back to the ancient Greeks' early practice of medicine
and continue to play important roles in research today; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina, with some 12,000 hobbyist beekeepers, has the largest number of
individual beekeepers in the nation and the all-volunteer North Carolina State Beekeepers Association is
the largest organization of its kind in the nation; and
. WHEREAS, the honeybee faces serious threats to its very survival as a result of pests, uncertain
weather and suburban growth; and
WHEREAS, in September, North Carolina celebrates both the honeybee and her industrious
keeper as we enjoy the taste of honey and benefits from other products from the hive;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State ofNorth Carolina,
do hereby proclaim September 2011, as "HONEY BEE APPRECIATION MONTH" in North Carolina
and urge all citi_zens to commend its observance.
BEVERLYEAVESPERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, r·have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this third day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and
eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
I